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Apple released a 900 page book on Swift. Targeted at beginning programmers, App Development with Swift walks one through everything they need to know to get started with the great Swift programming language. The book includes video tutorials and has strong early reviews.

Node.js released version 8.0. Featuring async_hooks, zero-filling buffers, and major improvements for debugging. The Node.js API is now available behind a flag, which will lead to a future in which native modules don’t break with each release. Read the announcement on medium or on their blog post.

Dan Wang has 11 reasons why people aren’t majoring in Computer Science. The first being, Computer Science is hard. The author buries the lead that most CS degrees are out of date before you start them, let alone when you graduate. Other top reasons include not needing a CS degree to be a developer, and people not being market-driven when considering a major in college.